Improvement in soldering handles of cutlery



E. A. GODFREY. DEVICE FOR HOLDING METAL HANDLES 0F CUTLERY WHILE BEING SOLDERED.-

No. 28,714. Patented. June 12, 1860.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-Ion.

EDWARD A, GODFREY, or HARTFORD, oonnncrion'nnssienon TO noenns,

snrrna 00;, or SAD'IE PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOL DERI NG HANDLES OF CUTLERY.

S ecification forming part of Letters Patent No. 28,714, dated Junelfl, 1860.

To all who-"t it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. GODFREY, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Device for Holding, while being Soldered, Metal Handles for Cutlery; and I do hereby declare that the following is a "full,

clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the annexed drawings,

making a part of this specification,in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same par-- tially bisected; Fig. 3, a plan or top view of the same; Fig, 4, an outline of a handle having its parts secured together by wires,as heretofore. I

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in the several figures,

The objectof this invention is to facilitate.

thesecuring together of the two longitudinal parts of metal handles for cutlery so that said parts may be readily clamped and at the same time held together for. the purpose of being united'by soldering;

. To-enable those skilled in 'tlie'art to make ancln'segmy invention, I will proceed to'de- -.scribe its construction and necessary manipulation required in applyingthe handles to the device.

A represents a bar orsupport, in the upper'.

end of which a vertical: rod, B, is fit-ted, and .on this rod a socket, C, is placed and allowed to turn freely.

On the socket U a horizontal plate, 1.). is

. placed said plate having two uprights, E E,

attached to it, in the upper ends of which horizontal rods F F are fitted and secured by set-screws a. 4 V

To the plate D two uprights, bl), are attached. These uprights b arein line with the uprights E E,-and on each upright b a tube, G, is fitted and allowed to slide freely up and down.

- Tothe upper ends of the tubes G a plate, H, is attached, said plate having a piece of pumice-stone, I, secured to it.

On each tube G a spiral spring, J, is placed, the lower ends of said spring bearing on the plate 1), and the upper ends bearing against the underside of the plate H. The springs operation.

J have a tendency to keep the plate H upward toward the rods F F.

To the under side of the plate D a rod, K, is attached; This rod extends down nearly to the flooring, and has a treadle connected to itslower end. The plate H has two curved rods, 0 0, attached to it, one near each end of the pumicestone.- These curved rods 0 0 form bearings for the handle l and these bearings are in line with the rods FF, as shown clearly in Fig. l. The handle L is formed of two longitudinal parts, which are swaged or struck up in proper form, as usual. The edges of the two longitudinal parts of the handle are rubbed with moistened borax,

fitted together, and then placed on the bearings c c and on the pumice-stone I, the plate 11 being depressed by pressing down the treadlein order that the handle may be placed below the rods F F. lVhen the treadle is re lieved from the pressure of the foot the springs J J force the plate H up, and the handle L is pressed'snuglyagainst the rods F F, and the vtwo parts of tl-ie handle are thereby'retainedin proper position, and also secured on or over, the pumice-stone. v\Vhen the handleL isthus securedon or over the pumice-stoma,

the operator, by means of a blow-pipe flame and a-stick-of solder, solders the two parts of the handle together, the socket 0 being turned on'the rod-B, so as to bring all parts of the joint of the handle under the action of theflame. The pumice-stone being a non-conductor of heat of coursefavors the soldering This, however, is well known, and is commonly used for such purposes. By thisarrangeinent the two longitudinal parts of. the handle are connected together, and the I outer side of the handle, all the rest being use less. By employing the stick of solder at the cap B, and having a. plate, D, springs FF, and outer side of the handle a great saving in the ,nuts E E fitted on them, substantially as and stock of solder is not only effected, but the work for the purpose set forth.

is greatly expedited.

Y Having thus described my invention, what I EDWARD R claim as new, and desire to secure-by Letters \Vitnesses:

Patent, is' WM. 0. EVEREST, The rods A A, attached at one end to the P. Horonmss. 

